Today my students are finishing up their first ever unit of Independent Reading! There was a good amount of angst and stress at the start (“You’re making us read TWO books at ONCE?!” “I have to read something for FUN?!” ), but I am so proud of their progress. They’re starting their projects on Monday, and I already have ideas brewing for the next round...
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I don’t know where to begin with this one.
Maybe it deserves a better review than I’m capable of writing at the moment, but I’m also so into this book right now that I want to tell everyone about it.
”The seas” is the story of a young woman who doesn’t fit it, especially in a small town. Her father is missing and she feels alone in the world. She is convinced it is because she is a mermaid. And then she falls in love with a mortal, and love between mermaids and mortals never end well. What should be noted is that she feels she is a mermaid but there is no proof she is one. This is not fantasy or magical realism but a sad sad story of mental illness, being misunderstood, the lies we tell ourselves to keep out hopes up, how cries for help can go unheard and how oppressive small societies can be. In this book the true story is underneath the surface, we read it through her experiencing of the events. The writing and the positioning of text is beautiful. I’m taken with this book in a big way. Highly recommend. (If you want something less sad to read there is a list on the blog of the joys of winter )
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there are three days left in my quiet time before I start my first full time job. my nerves/anxiety/temper/sadness trance times have been a little rougher than usual so I treated myself to a couple books I've been meaning to read, + a fav and a blog planner, at @barnesandnoble yesterday 📖💚📚
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With This Lie is LIVE!
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Get your copy through the link in my bio!
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SYNOPSIS:
Dani Monroe is more than just another jaded woman. Her veins run deep with every reason to never fall in love. If her mother taught her anything, it was how easily a betrayal is earned. After a childhood spent learning that lesson, it's the only truth she knows. Now, as a woman with needs, she strictly dates married men. She knows what she is getting with them—all of the fun and none of the feelings—and that’s how she likes it.
Lucas Kane has only ever been in love once. Disloyalty followed soon after and he wants no part of "a future" with anyone ever again. But having the same conversation with different women became redundant. So he slipped on a wedding ring, and soon realized there were many women out there very attracted to married men. Those same women asked no questions when it came time to say goodbye. So he carries on like this—faking a married life and fooling around.
A chance encounter brings the two together and while it sounds like a match made in heaven, both are leery, with cynical hearts. What happens when two people hell bent on avoiding love find themselves falling? How many lies have they told? Will the truth set them free, or rip them apart?
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Check these out! The Fly Fisher & Wanderlust are two of our shop faves for books highlighting photography and the spirit of adventure. We just added more selections from this collection featuring cabins, foraging, motorcycles & trail running!

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It’s finally Friday! 🌟 Currently tucked in bed, reading The Five People You Meet In Heaven with Taylor Swift jam.
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I have approximately 1000 reviews to catch up on, but I don't feel like doing that today so here's a little reading life update👇🤓
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I finished THE LAST ROMANTICS a few days ago, and overall it's a solid 4⭐️ for me. The first two thirds of the novel were SO GOOD and I couldn't put it down, but then the last section kind of lost its initial spark. Still a great book though. ✨
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I also just finished FIVE FEET APART last night and I still don't know how to feel about it. Some parts were cute and light but others were heartbreaking and heavy...clearly I can't handle all these emotions at once. ✨
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In terms of audiobooks, in the past week I listened to DEAR MARTIN and WASHINGTON BLACK -- both of which were excellent! Seriously though if you're a fan of audiobooks, I highly recommend these two ☺️👌

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”Every good story needs a villain.
But the best villains are the ones you secretly like.”✨
Legendary was one of my favorite reads of last year and I’m so excited for Finale to come out! Have you guys read this series? Even though I wasn’t a big fan of the first book, the second one was truly amazing and it made me love the world and the characters😍🙌🏻 I highly recommend them🌚
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Legendary fue una de mis lecturas favoritas del año pasado y ya me estoy muriendo por que salga Finale! ¿Alguno de ustedes leyó esta saga? Aunque el primer libro no me había gustado mucho, el segundo superó completamente mis expectativas e hizo que ame el mundo y los personajes😍🙌🏻 Se los súper recomiendo🌚

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"You 'bout to do big things, whether they see it or not. I see it. Everybody last night saw it. Long as you see it, that's all that matters."- Angie Thomas 🎧🎤
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Can’t wait to read #onthecomeup by @angiethomas as it is my most anticipated release of the year! #thehateugive is one of my all time favorites, which makes this even more exciting 🥰
Have you already read On the Come Up? Or are you planning on reading it? 📚🎶
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Ich kann kaum erwarten das neue Buch von #angiethomas zu lesen, da ich mich so so sehr auf den Erscheinungstermin gefreut habe! The Hate U Give ist eins meiner Lieblinge, was dieses Leseerlebnis natürlich noch aufregender macht 🥰
Möchtet ihr es auch lesen oder habt es vielleicht schon? 📚🎶
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I'm feeling a bit uninspired so I've decided to spend an hour on my windowsill with coffee, timbits/donut holes and my journal. I'm hoping by writing down all my jumbled thoughts and ideas it'll be easier to sort through them. I spilled coffee all over my notebook yesterday so a lot of my notes and project ideas are now illegible which is just annoying. I'm thinking of getting one of those waterproof pens to avoid something like this happening again. Have you ever felt uninspired by your work? If so, how did you get back on track? I could really use a lot of tips.
I'm really looking forward to Friday afternoon so I can finally shop for a birthday gift for my favourite cousin. She loved reading more than anyone I know so shopping for her birthday present means visiting lots and lots of bookstores. An afternoon spent in bookstores is just want I need right now. I'm hoping to find old copies of Agatha Christie, Mary Shelley, and Emily Brontë novels or books of poems. I think shopping for a book lover is so much harder than any other group, the risk of giving the wrong book is so high. How are you at gift giving? If you're good at it I could really use some tips.
Happy Thursday lovelies, I hope you're having a great day 💕 #slowlivingforlife#onthetable#momentsofmine#culturetripbooks#currentlyreading

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Does anyone else feel weary this week? I’ve got a little story time today. For a week every summer growing up my family would head off to a family camp in the upper peninsula of Michigan. Family camp sounds a little frumpy and strange, doesn’t it? But to me it was anything but. It was my saving grace throughout my childhood, but especially middle and high school. And it was a “thin place” for me. A thin place is where the veil between heaven and earth is more translucent than other places. There’s nowhere on earth I love more than that place, that camp, that community of people who surrounded my family during those years. Anyway, I found out yesterday that the camp is being dissolved. Yes, the land will still be there, and yes, in changing hands it will probably still remain a camp for people to retreat to and find the still small voice of God. But, it will not be the same. My heart is grieving. I know it sounds a little silly - to be heartsick over a place. But, it was so formative for me that I can only muddle through an explanation as to why this is such a loss. Do any of you have a place in the world that has settled itself deeply into your soul? I’d love to hear about it! 💕

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Three months. 13 weeks. 92 days. It seems like forever and nothing at the same time. This adorable little man has only gotten more precious to me. Every day he seems to learn or do something new. Last week it was pushing himself out of his bouncy chair. On Monday it was imitating Daddy’s Chewbacca sounds. Yesterday it was rolling over for the first time.
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What an awe-inspiring gift it is to get to watch this little human discover the world, day by day. Everything is new to him. And because I am raising him I get to rediscover this universe through his eyes. I see things anew. My breath catches at the little things. Suddenly I stare at the light, smile at hugs, snuggle an orange knitted dinosaur and reach for colors right along with him.
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It is beyond words. I can’t even begin to express the feelings flowing through me about motherhood and that come from looking at this precious little man.
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Life is beautiful, friend. Despite the hardships, the darkness, and the struggles...it is still precious and beautiful. Like Halfling, let’s just keep searching the room for the light. It is always there—sometimes from the sun, sometimes from another person, but always from Jesus.
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I am so incredibly thankful for the life I have been given. And for the life that Halfling gets to live...that I get to witness.